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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Underground An ode to the MIT tunnels

  

  Full disclosure: Regarding the tagline: I have no idea how to write ... . I googled "how to write an ode" but then got distracted by one of my ... anymore), so now in an effort to get this post up, I'm just going to wing it

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • February 8, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  I Wrote an MIT Application Essay on Getting a B in Calculus College Search 2KChel, how I found MIT, and how I turned the B around

  

  ’ve struggled to earn B’s here!—I can’t see how those 250 words would have hurt my ... I spent this morning sitting in 1369 Coffee on Mass Ave writing new ... , for one thing. For another, I didn’t actually put “MIT” in the subjects

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • October 12, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  A Few Lessons from FLL

  

  . As I recently wrote in an op-ed piece for the higher ed website Inside ... her personal growth and genuine enthusiasm for learning. In the piece I ... participated in FIRST, last year I had the good fortune of experiencing FIRST

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • April 23, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  318 memorial drive a historical rabbit hole

  

  . However, in the process of doing research for it, I read a book titled ... systems. In it, I found this photo of Harvard Bridge from 1929: This ... , which I've labelled in the image below. [caption id="attachment_61427

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 22, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  “i can only draw stick figures” musings on learning to draw

  

  independently. However, applied to drawing, I can look at how the adjustment of ... whole more overwhelming, at least I know it would in the beginning for me ... drawing I must preface that I never thought of myself as a drawer. In fact

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • June 4, 2023
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The Last Times waving goodbye to my MIT experience

  

  to the last times in my life, especially because I've realized recently ... waited in the car, promising that I'd visit again soon. I had even been ... Campus party I went to was, nor what the last meal that I cooked in my hall

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 22, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  To-Do List for Regular Action Applicants With the deadline a month away, there are things you need to be doing now.

  

  application components to us in advance of the January 1 deadline, if you can ... 10) to schedule your interview is fast approaching! You can find the ... MIT website. [If your interview has been waived, don't worry about it, we

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 1, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Ringing in the second half of MIT The Class of 2019 gets their brass rats...at last

  

  ring's design can be found at the Brass Rat 2019 website--go take a look ... , check out my personal blog for a sewing post about how I made my dress ... where the whole sophomore class dresses up in everything from onesies to

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • April 23, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  2021 Applicants: Answers to Your Emails Inspiration, Process, Components, Stress Mgmt, and More

  

  . The website tells you what MIT is looking for and how to get here, in as ... Applicants plus at least 30 more from hopefuls in grades 8-11, and I don't ... that I can give you to answer all your questions: visit the MIT

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 9, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ming-fai Fong- Designing an intelligent walking “toddler” robot After learning to sit, bend their knees, squat, and stand, babies can finally gather the…

  

  , the researchers in the Seung Lab designed a robot that learns how to ... little bit of control in how to use these muscles." By creating a ... Mechanical Engineering student with a concentration in Artificial Intelligence

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 15, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Enigma Gold Star Winners! Don, tell them what they've won...

  

  To follow up on this entry... Thanks for playing Engima Wrapped In A Riddle! Don, tell them what they've won. Wow! I am impressed by how many ... winner, but by the list you can see we are feeling the holiday cheer! The

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • December 17, 2007
• Blog / Class Projects

  weld your own bike and other IAP activities

  

  weld. I can set up in minutes now, steady and sure. Many more projects ... called her and told her about how much time I spent in workshops, how I was ... , and scuffed Docs. The instructor explained how you can change the bit in

  • by Amber V. '24
  • March 1, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  fun facts about random stuff sometimes i just like learning new things

  

  I’ve potatoed so much over the past few weeks of break — lounging in ... -quite-potato thing that I’ve been doing is trying to learn a lot of trivia — time on Protobowl, going down Wikipedia rabbit holes, and playing Sporcle quizzes. I

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • January 5, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Christmas: The Playlist and much music was had.

  

  inclusions: Wrapped in Red by Kelly Clarkson: I haven't actually listened ... pretty much everybody. (I, by the way, still believe in Santa. I just can ... recall that I'm in an a cappella group with a lot of really great people

  • by Allan K. '17
  • December 7, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  And miles to go before I sleep. Here we go again.

  

  long night ahead of you." Great. The thing is, I know how to handle these ... . I dressed up and went to see W in a theater with my boyfriend and we ... A friend in the class of mine which has a huge pset due tomorrow

  • by Kim D. '09
  • October 27, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Recap (Guest Entry) "a perfect introduction to MIT"

  

  Hey everyone! My name's Allison.Well, I officially arrived in Boston ... thing I must mention is how infinitely cooler it is to visit the East ... Providence to Boston (I'm actually from San Diego, but our plane landed in

  • by Bryan
  • April 19, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Two answers on a Saturday night Because SNL's a rerun and we just finished our movie from Netflix

  

  were back in the day. As I hope you can tell from reading the blogs ... know how to do is stick their noses in books and that older doctors dread ... I don't want to rule out. I'm thinking things must have changed in the

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 2, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fall 2024 🍂 aka, things settle down.

  

  in freshman year. I had learned how much commitment was “too much,” so ... a sense that I’d really learned a lot in those three hours. My ... well with my learning style. I found it really cool to program in a

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • February 21, 2025
• Blog / IAP

  Ciao, Italy! part 1 of art, food, and churches

  

  what I can only imagine is how living in a bachelor pad feels like. I had ... finally got to the Malpensa airport in Milan, I was a little shell ... entertainment center and sofa, a kitchen area, and a walk-in closet. Also, I had

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • February 5, 2018
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Start of Something New Please forgive the High School Musical reference.

  

  parties made possible by Jay Sean. I’ve learned a couple things. Like how ... of grief and I-wish-I-had-Hermione’s-time-turner yearning. And how old ... More than a month ago, I stepped drowsily off a Southwest Airlines

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 2, 2009